Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Amsterdam, 1956
silver gelatin print, analogue barite print on Ilford neutral tone paper, with passepartout
Paper: 30 x 40 cm
Edition of 20
Exhibitions
2012, Look. Ed!, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Selected by Rineke Dijkstra
2008, Dutch Eyes, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
Literature
Elsken, Anneke van der, S. Hekking (eds), Once Upon a Time, Amsterdam 1992, p. 55.
Elsken, Ed van der. Amsterdam! Oude Foto's-1947-1970. Bussum: Van Holkema & Warendorf (Unieboek BV), cop. 1979/1988
Elsken, van der Ed. Amsterdam! Old Photographs 1946-1970. Top Notch vof, Uitgeverij Bas Lubberhuizen, Lecturis, 2014.
Broek, M. Van den, C. Ruys. Nederland, de 1000 beste foto’s. Antwerpen: Ludion, 2010.
Visser, Hripsime, Ed van der Elsken 55. New York: Phaidon Press, 2002.
"Prostitute 'Apache Alie' in front of café De Zeevaart on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal near Central Station, Amsterdam"
Amsterdam 1956
"The Landlady of a Bar on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal near Central Station, red-Light District, Amsterdam, 1958. During the 1950's in particular, Van der Elsken took many photographs in his own neightbourhood- the old centre of Amsterdam. He preferred to photograph working-class life and people such as this matron, a tower of strength amid city life and its transient figures." Visser, Hripsime, " Ed van der Elsken 55". New York: Phaidon Press, 2002.
